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Cup: C.109-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Production: Wrotham Old Pottery

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Notes

History note: Excavated on the site of the Wrotham Old Pottery, Borough Green, Wrotham in June 1908, during a dig conducted by Benjamin Harrison, for Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

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Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Place(s) associated

  • Wrotham ⪼ Kent ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

17th Century, second half#
Circa 1650 CE - 1700 CE

Note

This piece was among a large quantity of sherds and waster vessels excavated at the Wrotham pottery in 1907 and 1908 in a dig instigated by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher and carried out by a local antiquary Benjamin Harrison. They are completely different from the slipware tygs for which Wrotham is famous, of which only a few unglazed fragments were found.

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.109-1928
Primary reference Number: 71298
Old object number: 3235A
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 9 February 2021 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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